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On the recordJuly 14, 1999
This law did not address immigrants who entered after the arbitrarily chosen cut off date.
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Luis Gutiérrez
Democratic · Illinois
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Jul 14, 1999

Editor's note · Context

Critique of the limitations of welfare reform legislation.

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